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CALIFORNIA LAW AND ETHICS DENTAL HYGIENE TEST EXAM
CURRENTLY TESTING 2025 COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
/ALREADY GRADED A+
Functions that may be performed by an RDH - (answers)- All functions that may
be performed by and RDA
Practices INCLUDED in Dental Hygiene: - (answers)- Development and
implementing a dental hygiene care plan (oral health, counseling, and health
screenings)
Practices EXCLUDED from Dental Hygiene: - (answers)- Diagnosis and
comprehensive treatment planning
- Placing, condensing, carving or removal of permanent restorations
- surgery or cutting on hard and soft tissue including, but not limited to, the
removal of teeth and the cutting and suturing of soft tissue.
-Prescribing medication
- Administering local or general anesthesia or oral or parenteral conscious
sedation, except for the administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether
administered alone or in combination with each other, or local anesthesia.
Procedures an RDH is authorized to perform under DIRECT SUPERVISION -
(answers)- Soft tissue Curettage
- Administration of local anesthesia
- Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered alone or in
combination with each other
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Procedures an RDH is authorized to perform under GENERAL SUPERVISION -
(answers)- Preventative and therapeutic interventions (prophy and/or SRP)
- Application of topical, therapeutic and subgingival agents used for the control
of CARIES and PERIO DISEASE
- Taking impressions for bleaching trays and application and activation of
agents w/ a nonlaser, light curing devices
Additional authorized duties of an RDH: - (answers)- Determine which x-rays to
perform on a pt. who has not received a CompEx for the DDS to see what the
specific problem is. (LimitedEx and PA)
- Place protective restorations (sealants) which for this purpose are identified
as interim therapeutic restorations (temp filling). An interim therapeutic
restoration consists of the REMOVAL OF SOFT MATERIAL FROM THE TOOTH
USING ONLY HAND INSTRUMENTATION! ( interim therapeutic restorations can
only be completed of a program that includes training in performing those
functions.
Procedures that can be performed WITHOUT DIRECT SUPERVISION: -
(answers)- Educational services, Oral Health training programs, and Oral Health
Screenings
- In a public health program created by Federal, State or Local Law an RDH may
provide preventative services ( application of fluoride and sealants)
RDH general supervision requirements - (answers)Any procedure performed or
service provided by an RDH that DOES NOT specifically require DIRECT
SUPERVISION. (As long as it DOES NOT give rise to a situation in the office
requiring immediate attention to alleviate severe pain or immediate diagnosis)
Limitations on who may engage in the practice of Dental Hygiene: - (answers)-
A student enrolled in a dental or dental hygiene school who is performing
CALIFORNIA LAW AND ETHICS DENTAL HYGIENE TEST EXAM
CURRENTLY TESTING 2025 COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
/ALREADY GRADED A+
Functions that may be performed by an RDH - (answers)- All functions that may
be performed by and RDA
Practices INCLUDED in Dental Hygiene: - (answers)- Development and
implementing a dental hygiene care plan (oral health, counseling, and health
screenings)
Practices EXCLUDED from Dental Hygiene: - (answers)- Diagnosis and
comprehensive treatment planning
- Placing, condensing, carving or removal of permanent restorations
- surgery or cutting on hard and soft tissue including, but not limited to, the
removal of teeth and the cutting and suturing of soft tissue.
-Prescribing medication
- Administering local or general anesthesia or oral or parenteral conscious
sedation, except for the administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether
administered alone or in combination with each other, or local anesthesia.
Procedures an RDH is authorized to perform under DIRECT SUPERVISION -
(answers)- Soft tissue Curettage
- Administration of local anesthesia
- Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered alone or in
combination with each other
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Procedures an RDH is authorized to perform under GENERAL SUPERVISION -
(answers)- Preventative and therapeutic interventions (prophy and/or SRP)
- Application of topical, therapeutic and subgingival agents used for the control
of CARIES and PERIO DISEASE
- Taking impressions for bleaching trays and application and activation of
agents w/ a nonlaser, light curing devices
Additional authorized duties of an RDH: - (answers)- Determine which x-rays to
perform on a pt. who has not received a CompEx for the DDS to see what the
specific problem is. (LimitedEx and PA)
- Place protective restorations (sealants) which for this purpose are identified
as interim therapeutic restorations (temp filling). An interim therapeutic
restoration consists of the REMOVAL OF SOFT MATERIAL FROM THE TOOTH
USING ONLY HAND INSTRUMENTATION! ( interim therapeutic restorations can
only be completed of a program that includes training in performing those
functions.
Procedures that can be performed WITHOUT DIRECT SUPERVISION: -
(answers)- Educational services, Oral Health training programs, and Oral Health
Screenings
- In a public health program created by Federal, State or Local Law an RDH may
provide preventative services ( application of fluoride and sealants)
RDH general supervision requirements - (answers)Any procedure performed or
service provided by an RDH that DOES NOT specifically require DIRECT
SUPERVISION. (As long as it DOES NOT give rise to a situation in the office
requiring immediate attention to alleviate severe pain or immediate diagnosis)
Limitations on who may engage in the practice of Dental Hygiene: - (answers)-
A student enrolled in a dental or dental hygiene school who is performing
